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  • Eurypholis boissieri PICTET 1850

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    Taxonomy

    Viper Fish

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
    Class: Actinopteri Cope 1871
    Order: Salmoniformes Bleeker 1859
    Family: Enchodontidae Woodward, 1901
    Genus: Eurypholis
    Species: Eurypholis boissieri
    Author Citation Pictet 1850

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Mesozoic
    Period: Cretaceous
    Sub Period: None
    Epoch: Late
    International Age: Cenomanian

    Stratigraphy

    Sannine Formation

    Provenance

    Acquired by: Purchase/Trade

    Dimensions

    Length: 20 cm

    Location

    en Namoura
    Byblos
    Mount Lebanon Governorate
    Lebanon

    Comments

    Characteristic for Eurypholis (meaning "broad scale") are the three large scales directly behind the head.

    References:

    A. S. Woodward (1901) Catalogue of Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History), Part  IV 1-636.

    P. L. Forey, L. Yi, C. Patterson and C. E. Davis (2003) Fossil fishes from the Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) of Namoura, Lebanon. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 1(4):227-330.

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    RJB

    Daaaaaangoooooooola!

     

    Just took a closeup look at these.  Looks to be some paint repair.  Thats gotta hurt.  Still cool slab of rock though.

     

    RB

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    8 hours ago, RJB said:

    Daaaaaangoooooooola!

     

    Just took a closeup look at these.  Looks to be some paint repair.  Thats gotta hurt.  Still cool slab of rock though.

     

    RB

     

    Yes, you're right. There are some paint repairs I can't get rid of. I tried different solvents but unfortunately, the paint won't come off. No idea what they took.

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    RJB

    Have you tried Acitone?   More than likely wont harm any bone but I would still be careful. 

     

    Ron

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    oilshale

    Yeah, I tried all kinds of solvents. None worked. I suspect that they used insoluble inorganic pigments. Maybe I can remove it with the sandblaster.

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